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Family Accounts See Life Changes &Nbsp; Dragon Year Five Yuan Saving Money

2012/1/27 15:48:00 3

This year, the 80 year old uncle Hu has a happy family with four generations in one family. Every new year, members of the big family gather together. Since 1973, uncle Hu has set up his own family account book in order to record the annual expenditure for the new year. A yellowed book not only records the new atmosphere of an ordinary family every year, but also witnesses the great changes brought about by social progress and changes in the times.

　　 First thing for 1980s is to buy meat.

"My family only has 5 books in the new year's books." In an interview with reporters, uncle Hu took out the 5 bookkeeping books during the new year, of which two books had been slightly yellowed.

Since 1978, China has entered a new era of reform and opening up. Turn the world upside down Changes. Since then, people's living conditions and living standards have been gradually improved. Uncle Hu told reporters that the real improvement of his family's living conditions also started from that year. "In 1981 and 1982, I first saw a free market, and I could buy all kinds of things in the market, such as bananas, apples, fruits that were hard to see in the past, all bought, and meat, fish, chicken and other foods that were scarce in the past were also increased. As long as money is available, they are basically easy to buy."

From that time on, Hu's family began to spend more money in the new year. Reporters opened the first bookkeeping book to see that during the Spring Festival in 1982, the total cost of Uncle Hu's family was 72.3 yuan. Among them, eggs are 6 yuan, pork is 5.2 yuan, pork is 3 yuan, tofu is 2 yuan, shrimp slices are 2.2 yuan, red dates and medlar are 1.4 yuan, liquor 1 yuan, fish 2.1 yuan, rice 3.2 yuan, sugar 1 yuan, flour 4.1 yuan, oil 4.1 yuan (4.1 Jin), candy yuan yuan, apple yuan yuan, orange yuan yuan.

In addition to the nearly 100 yuan annual cost of food, Hu's family's new clothes cost 88 yuan, and the cost of firecrackers for each door spends 50 yuan.

Uncle Hu's lover told reporters, think about the past, in the last century. Eighties At that time, the days of the family were relatively tight, and the fish and meat should be counted. So when the new year was over, stew a pot of meat and make a bit of bacon to keep it alive.

　　 Seafood starts serving in 1990s

In the early 90s of last century, the salary of Uncle Hu began to increase rapidly, and all three children got married, and all of them had a steady income. The living standard of the Hu family could be obviously improved. "You see, the bookkeeping books used before were made by those yellow paper, and in 90s, even the books of bookkeeping were bought better white paper." Uncle Hu picked up third bookkeeping books and told reporters with a smile that he could see the family only from this little bit of small things. living standard Improvement.

Casually read the "three" booklet on the cover. In 1993, uncle Hu spent about 254 yuan during the Spring Festival. Among them, rice is 20 yuan, flour is 15 yuan, fans are 6 yuan, oil is 35 yuan, pork is 20 yuan, eggs are 11 yuan, crab is 45 yuan, shrimp 23 yuan, skin and shrimp 20 yuan, melon seed 15 yuan, sunflower seed 5 yuan, sweet potato piece 5 yuan, candy confectionery yuan, tea leaf yuan, wine yuan yuan.

In addition to the new year's products, Hu's family shoes and clothes cost 442 yuan in 1993. As the days were getting more and more prosperous, Hu's family bought 130 yuan fireworks, and the cost of visiting the new year also reached 980 yuan. Fruits The total cost of such a spring festival has also reached nearly 2000 yuan.

"The biggest difference between those years and the Spring Festival is that there are a lot of seafood on the table." Uncle Hu told reporters that in the 80s of last century, the Chinese new year was to eat meat. By 90s, every household could eat stew. Once the new year was improved, it would cost some money to buy some seafood such as crabs, peels and shrimps. "After having grandchildren, the cost of dried fruits has also increased a lot during the new year. Children like to eat some melon seeds and preserved fruits. They also enjoy a lot of tables." Uncle Hu added.

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　　 The most important thing is to eat healthily in the new millennium.

By 2005, uncle Hu's grandson had gone to college, and his pension and his wife's pension had risen to about 3000 yuan. When the family's overall income was raised, Hu's family's new year's habits also changed a little bit. A group of people began to choose thirty of the year to go to the restaurant to have the new year's Eve dinner. With the grandchildren and grandchildren growing up, the cost of fireworks and firecrackers gradually reduced, but the gift money spent on visiting relatives and friends was getting more and more year after year.

Open the 2005 new year of Uncle Hu's family. Account book 。 New year's Eve dinner costs 900 yuan, drinks and drinks 150 yuan, apples 50 yuan, bananas 35 yuan, orange 15 yuan, Che Li Zi 120 yuan, rice 35 yuan, flour 20 yuan, pork 50 yuan, fish 25 yuan, sea cargo 50 yuan, almond and other dry fruit 50 yuan, quick frozen dumpling yuan yuan, royal jelly yuan, protein powder yuan yuan, Yan Wo yuan, this year, the cost of the annual food for food items has reached $.

At the same time, the family spent 3500 yuan on clothing and shoes, visiting relatives and friends and so on, and spent more than 1500 yuan. In one year, uncle Hu spent a total of 7553 yuan. "The living conditions of the family are getting better and better, and they begin to eat healthily from eating well." Hu said that over the past two years, more and more money has been spent on nutriment, not only to eat at home, but also to visit relatives and friends to give gifts, and to buy some nutritious products. "After all, the conditions of families are good now, and everyone is paying more and more attention to health care and health care."

When it comes to this year's Spring Festival account, uncle Hu tells Reporter In recent years, it has been over the past few years to see how much money has been spent and recorded again. "Although it is not yet calculated, it is estimated that the cost of the new year will be over 9000 yuan." "Now I want to see how money is spent," said Hu.

　　 The five year of the Spring Festival is "saving money".

Looking at Uncle Hu's new year's books, he spent over a year from tens of dollars to thousands of dollars, while feeling the improvement of his living standard, Hu said in his interview that he hoped to minimize consumption standards without affecting the quality of the new year. To this end, the reporter also interviewed a lot of money managers, a simple summary of the new year's money saving strategy.

1. make a budget for possible expenses. First, make a shopping list, buy a discount list, minimize the opportunity to buy things outside the plan, and choose the range that you can afford.

2. collect the brand you need on the Internet. Discount? The information of the card, and pay attention to some member service points offered by some service providers, so that they can save a large sum of money.

3. don't forget to ask for an invoice or discount card when you go out to dinner.

4. the replacement of the new year's products and the purchase of the new year's products on the Internet is worth paying attention to. It can replace the goods that are not needed in the year to replace the needed goods.

5. if you can, change your treat to family reunion, make dumplings and make your own features. chef's recommendation This way of interaction may be easier to promote than mere gift giving.